Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of amirh1
amirh1

asked on

Disabling DDE for URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol

Hi,
I'm trying to disable DDE for clicking URL links. Searching for help, I've found that file type "URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol" should be listed in the Tools->Folder Options->File Types tab of file explorer. However, on my system I only have "URL" file type (as extension).

So I go to the registry and the file type is there, but I don't know how to disable DDE. There is a "HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1220945662-789336058-1801674531-14775\Software\Classes\http\shell\open\ddeexec" key but I don't want to cause damage.

My question: how to disable via registry or alternatively enable this on the File Types tab?

Thanks.
Avatar of flyingsky
flyingsky

Hi, you were in the right place under file types tab, go down to URL and then click advanced and then click on edit (with open selected) and then uncheck use DDE.  Click OK.

HTH
Avatar of amirh1

ASKER

I can't find that in the file tabs, that's the issue.
did you check flyingsky suggested links?  
Avatar of amirh1

ASKER

Yes I did.

Thanks all for the comments, but I actually checked that before I opened this message, but the association isn't there. Please see my original question - I specified there that I know how to disable DDE for URL:HTTP but I can't find the "URL:HTTP" file association. So my question is - why can't I find that association?

Thanks.
You can always create it
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of johnb6767
johnb6767
Flag of United States of America image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Just to clarify, they are at the top (started typiong this last night, but apparantly lost my train of thought...)

Listed as the following.....

(NONE) URL:Gopher Protocol
(NONE) URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol
(NONE) URL:HyperText Transfer Protocol with Privacy

Thats probably why you didnt see it down by the actual URL extension.....

Glad your fixed though....
Nice to know.